BIRMINGHAM - FIRST ROUND (TUESDAY)

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1 MATCH NOTES: NATURE VALLEY CLASSIC BIRMINGHAM BIRMINGHAM, GREAT BRITAIN JUNE 18-24, 2018 USD $871,028 PREMIER EVENT WTA Website: facebook.com/wta Tournament Website: WTA Communications: Chris Whitmore Estelle LaPorte SAP Tennis Analytics for Media is an online portal that provides real-time data and insights to media during every WTA event and across all devices. Please to request your individual login to grant access to SAP Tennis Analytics for Media. BIRMINGHAM - FIRST ROUND (TUESDAY) ANN JONES CENTRE COURT DONNA VEKIC (CRO #55) vs. [2/WC] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) Svitolina leads 3-0 First meeting on grass Vekic aiming for career first win over a Top 5 ranked player in her fifth attempt Svitolina holds 10-0 record against opponents ranked outside the Top 50 this season LESIA TSURENKO (UKR #37) vs. [WC] HEATHER WATSON (GBR #86) Watson leads 1-0 Second career meeting between the two Tsurenko looking for first win at Birmingham in her fifth attempt Watson eyeing 100th career main draw victory with a win today JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #22) vs. [4] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #8) Kvitova leads 2-1 Konta and Kvitova face off for the fourth time, and second meeting on grass Brit aiming for first Top 10 win of the season Czech looking to start off title defense with strong start over the home favorite [1] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #3) vs. ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #28) Muguruza leads 3-1 Fourth career meeting between the Spaniard and Russian Muguruza bidding for 25th career win on grass at tour level Pavlyuchenkova hoping to improve on 3-3 record vs. Top 20 players in 2018 WTA TV LIVE ACTION FROM BIRMINGHAM Every main draw match from Birmingham is LIVE and ON DEMAND on wtatv.com. Catch the action at home or on the go. You won t want to miss a minute of this year s star-studded lineup in both singles and doubles. Want to watch multiple matches at once? On WTA TV, you can watch up to four matches simultaneously via the multibox. Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: 1

2 MATCH NOTES BIRMINGHAM - GREAT BRITAIN Jun 18 - Jun 24, 2018 $936,128 PREMIER DONNA VEKIC (CRO #55) vs. [2/WC] ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) Head to Head: ELINA SVITOLINA leads MARRAKECH CLAY O R1 ELINA SVITOLINA mins 2013 BAKU HARD O QF ELINA SVITOLINA mins 2011 LAGOS HARD O F ELINA SVITOLINA DONNA VEKIC (21) $359,523 $2,041,296 0 / 2 0 / / / / / 15-9 WTA RANKING PORSCHE RACE TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) BIRMINGHAM W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * ELINA SVITOLINA (23) $2,275,420 $9,646,798 3 / 12 0 / / / / / / 4-6 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 4-2 / / 0-4 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 2-1 / / 2-10 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 4-2 / / 2-25 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 7-2 / * Updated entering 2018 Birmingham 1r BIRMINGHAM Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match DONNA VEKIC 2017 R1 L - ALISON RISKE (USA #45) (2) 2016 R1-Q L - KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE #101) R1 L - BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #77) ELINA SVITOLINA 2017 R16 L - CAMILA GIORGI (ITA #102) R1 L - CARLA SUÁREZ NAVARRO (ESP #15) R1 L - MARINA ERAKOVIC (NZL #71) F L - DANIELA HANTUCHOVA (SVK #60) 7-6(5) 6-4 Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

3 VEKIC: Birmingham Making fourth main draw appearance (fifth overall) at Birmingham. Best result here was a R-Up finish on debut in 2013 (l. Hantuchova in F). Fell 1r in all other attempts in 2014 and 2017 One of five former finalists returning to Birmingham also Kvitova (2017 Champion), Barty (2017 R-Up), Strycova (2014 and 2016 R-Up) and Ka.Pliskova (2015 R-Up) Enters play at No.55, falling 13 spots in the rankings after failing to defend her 2017 title in Nottingham last week Has played well on grass of late record in her last four grass tournaments stands at 9-3 (record in grass matches prior to this stretch was 6-6) Faces No.5 Svitolina in 1r action today. Trails all-time series 0-3. This will be their first ever meeting on grass A win would be Vekic s first career Top 5 win is 0-4 in her career including a 3s loss to No.3 Muguruza in Madrid 2r earlier this season Current career-best win came against No.8 Konta in the 2017 Nottingham final. Best win of 2018 came against No.23 Suárez Navarro (Rome) One of two Croatian women to begin main draw this tournament (also Martic) Season Coming off a SF showing at Nottingham (as defending champion, l. Konta) to open her 2018 grass campaign Finished the clay season with 2r results at Roland Garros (l. Sharapova), Rome (as qualifier, l. Keys) and Madrid (l. Muguruza) Made QF run at Istanbul (l. Begu, after serving for the match twice and holding 1MP) Fell 2r in clay court season opener at Lugano (l. Barthel in 3s) Reached 3r at Miami (l. Collins) and made 1r exit at Indian Wells (l. Sakkari) Suffered 1r losses at St. Petersburg (l. Siniakova) and Doha (l. Sevastova). Also in February, reached 2r at Budapest (l. Bonaventure) Began season with QF appearance in Hobart (l. Watson), before 2r showing at Australian Open (l. Kerber) Career Enjoyed a breakout year in 2017, cracking the Top-50 in the week of July 24, 2017 and reaching a career-best ranking of No.45 in September Finished the 2017 season ranked No.54, her highest career end-of-year ranking Grass court season highlighted by winning second WTA singles title of career, at Nottingham d. No.8 Konta. Until this title run, had not posted back-to-back main draw wins since September 2015 (run to final at Tashkent) Has six Top 25 wins to her name: No.24 Cirstea (2013 Birmingham), No.10 Cibulkova (2014 Kuala Lumpur), No.21 Vinci (2014 Wimbledon), No.25 Ivanovic (2016 Cincinnati), No.8 Konta (2017 Nottingham), No.24 Peng (2017 US Open)

4 Ended 2016 ranked No.101. Posted best year-end finish in 2014, at No.84 Reached two ITF finals at the end of 2016 season, winning the title at $100k ITF/Sharm El Sheikh. Also reached QF at WTA 125K event at Limoges Posted just four main draw wins across 2016, defeating Al Nabhani at Doha, Riske at Kaohsiung, Ivanovic at Cincinnati and Zhang at Tianjin 2015 highlights included reaching final at Tashkent (l. Hibino) and QF at Baku When she won first career singles title at 2014 Kuala Lumpur, aged 17 yrs 10 mos, became youngest player to win a WTA singles title since 2006 Bangkok (Vania King) Reached first WTA career final at 2012 Tashkent. In what was her first WTA main draw appearance, became youngest WTA finalist since 15-year-old Paszek won Portoroz in Also finished runner-up on grass at 2013 Birmingham (l. Hantuchova) and 2015 Tashkent (l. Hibino). Including 2017 Nottingham, owns a 2-3 record in singles finals Broke into Top 100 (at No.93) on January 28, 2013 On ITF Circuit has won five singles and one doubles title Member of Croatian Fed Cup Team, , 2017 Grand Slam History 2018 Roland Garros marked 19th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam Best result at the majors came with 3r run at 2017 US Open (l. Sevastova) as well as 2015 Roland Garros (l. Ivanovic) At the other Slams, has reached 2r at both Australian Open (2013, ) and Wimbledon (2014, 2017) Other Information Both parents played professional sports: mother, Brankica (track hurdler) and father, Igor (soccer goalkeeper) Currently coached by Torben Beltz Favorite surface is hard courts Speaks Croatian, English and Italian Self-described as strong-willed, determined and extremely competitive SVITOLINA: Birmingham Making fourth main draw appearance at Birmingham. Holds a 1-3 record here with lone win coming last year over Watson Is the No.2 seed this tournament this fortnight 21st consecutive tournament as a Top 10 seed Enters play as the No.5 ranked player in the world her 23rd consecutive week ranked inside the Top 5 and 41st week of her career This will be her first grass court appearance of the season went 4-2 on the surface last year

5 Faces No.55 Vekic today. Has not lost a set against her in any of their previous three meetings Holds a perfect 10-0 record against opponents outside the Top 50 in 2018 last loss came at 2017 Hong Kong (l. No.114 Gibbs) Has won her first match in each of her last 20 tournaments dating back to 2017 Madrid (l. Zheng in 1r) is 10-0 in such matches thus far in 2018 Owns a 27-7 w/l record this season, trailing only Mertens (29), Kerber (29), Kvitova (32) and Halep (35) Has three titles to her name this season (Brisbane, Dubai and Rome), only other players on tour with multiple titles this season are Kvitova (4) and Mertens (3) One of two Ukrainian players in play this week, along with Tsurenko Season Coming off a 3r defeat at Roland Garros (l. Buzarnescu) Enjoyed a successful title defense in Rome (d. Halep in F). Now owns four victories over No.1 ranked players: d. Halep (2018 Rome), S.Williams (2016 Rio Olympics) and Kerber (2017 Brisbane and 2016 Beijing) Boasts 12-2 record in tour-level finals. Has won her past eight matches at this stage, with last defeat coming against Kvitova at 2016 Zhuhai Owns four Top 10 wins in 2018 (No.9 Konta and No.4 Ka.Pliskova at Brisbane; No.9 Kerber at Dubai and No.1 Halep in Rome) Had a 2r exit in Madrid (l. Suárez Navarro) after reaching the QF in Stuttgart (l. Garcia) in her first clay tournament of the year Enjoyed a 4-2 record through the Sunshine Double posting a 3r result at Indian Wells (l. Suárez Navarro) and a QF run at Miami (l. eventual R-Up Ostapenko). Ended Osaka s eight-match winning streak in 2r of Miami Made successful title defense at Dubai (d. Kasatkina in F). This was second time in career she has defended a title (also Baku ) Made 3r exit at Doha (l. eventual champion Kvitova) Advanced to QF at Australian Open for first time (l. Mertens); was on nine-match win streak entering QF Became first Ukrainian woman to reach QF at Australian Open, surpassing A.Bondarenko who fell in R16 in 2010; K.Bondarenko reached QF at 2009 US Open. Was bidding to become first Ukrainian woman to reach a Grand Slam semifinal Opened 2018 season by capturing her 10th career WTA title at Brisbane (d. Sasnovich in F); defeated two Top 10 players en route to title (d. No.9 Konta and No.5 Ka.Pliskova) Career Won 12th career WTA singles title at 2018 Rome (d. Halep in F); career record in finals now stands at 12-2, including a current eight match win streak over the 2017 and 2018 seasons Enjoyed stand-out 2017, finishing the year at No.6, winning a tour-leading five titles and posting second-most wins of season (53, behind Wozniacki with 60)

6 Season culminated by qualifying for WTA Finals in Singapore, becoming first Ukrainian woman to qualify for the season-ending tournament in singles (fell at round robin stage with 1-2 record) Her five titles in 2017 included Taipei City (d. Peng in F), Dubai (d. Wozniacki in F), Istanbul (d. Mertens in F), Rome (d. Halep in F) and Toronto (d. Wozniacki in F) Became first player to win three Premier 5 titles in a single season (Dubai, Rome, Toronto), since such tournaments were introduced in 2009 Owned longest unbeaten streak in 2017, at 15 matches. Won Taipei City (five wins), went 2-0 for Ukraine in Fed Cup action against Australia, triumphant in Dubai (after 1r bye, five wins), won one match at Kuala Lumpur before withdrawing prior to her 2r match, then reached R16 at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, two wins) falling to Muguruza in three sets One of five players to make Top 10 debut in 2017, after winning Dubai in February (also Ostapenko, Garcia, Mladenovic and Vandeweghe). Peaked in rankings at No.3 on September 11, 2017 On three occasions could have reached World No.1 spot needed to win 2017 Beijing (fell in QF), then needed to triumph at 2017 WTA Finals (failed to progress from group stage), or reach final at 2018 Australian Open (fell in QF) Enjoyed best win ratio vs. Top 5 players in 2017 across WTA, going 8-1 (Wozniacki was 8-4) Strong finish to 2016 season also saw her reach first SF at Premier Mandatory level at Beijing (l. A.Radwanska); in addition, post US Open reached SF at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Osaka) and Moscow (l. Kuznetsova) Qualified for 2016 WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai for the second time (l. Kvitova in F) Reached three finals in 2016, at Kuala Lumpur (d. Bouchard in F) and advancing to finals at New Haven (l. A.Radwanska) and Zhuhai (l. Kvitova) Other 2016 season highlights included SF at Dubai (l. Errani) and QF at Rio Olympics (l. Kvitova) Owns two career doubles titles: 2014 Istanbul (w/doi) and 2015 Istanbul (w/gavrilova) Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Baku (lost in 1r but won title the next two years) Played first ITF Circuit events of career in Winner of seven singles and two doubles titles on ITF Circuit Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, Ukrainian Olympic Team, 2016 Grand Slam History 2018 Roland Garros marked 23rd Grand Slam main draw appearance Best results to date have been QF showings at 2015 Roland Garros (l. Ivanovic), 2017 Roland Garros (l. eventual R Up Halep) and 2018 Australian Open (l. Mertens) At Wimbledon, advanced to R16 for the first time in 2017 (l. Ostapenko) Reached R16 at 2017 US Open (l. eventual R-Up Keys) Joint highest seeding at a Slam is No.4 (2017 Wimbledon and US Open, 2018 Australian Open and Roland Garros) Other Information Parents are Mykhaylo and Olena; brother is Yulian Introduced to tennis at age 5 by family Currently working with coach Thierry Ascione and hitting partner Andrew Bettles. Has previously worked with Iain Hughes

7 MATCH NOTES BIRMINGHAM - GREAT BRITAIN Jun 18 - Jun 24, 2018 $936,128 PREMIER LESIA TSURENKO (UKR #37) vs. [WC] HEATHER WATSON (GBR #86) Head to Head: HEATHER WATSON leads EASTBOURNE GRASS O R1 HEATHER WATSON mins LESIA TSURENKO (29) $507,357 $3,122,768 1 / 4 0 / / / / / WTA RANKING PORSCHE RACE TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) BIRMINGHAM W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * HEATHER WATSON (26) $255,081 $2,990,290 0 / 3 1 / / / / / / 6-19 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-3 / / 0-8 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / 5-18 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 0-1 / 8-35 * Updated entering 2018 Birmingham 1r Result Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

8 MATCH NOTES BIRMINGHAM - GREAT BRITAIN Jun 18 - Jun 24, 2018 $936,128 PREMIER BIRMINGHAM Tournament History LESIA TSURENKO 2017 R1 L - JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #7) (6) 2016 R1 L - TSVETANA PIRONKOVA (BUL #72) R1 L - LUCIE HRADECKA (CZE #56) R1 L - MADISON KEYS (USA #53) (3) HEATHER WATSON 2017 R1 L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #5) R16 L - BARBORA STRYCOVA (CZE #30) R1 L - ALEKSANDRA KRUNIC (SRB #87) 7-6(5) R1 L - ALEKSANDRA WOZNIAK (CAN #135) R2 L - ALLA KUDRYAVTSEVA (RUS #172) R16 L - ROBERTA VINCI (ITA #20) R16 L - SHUAI PENG (CHN #20) 7-6(1) R1 L - ALLA KUDRYAVTSEVA (RUS #86) TSURENKO: Birmingham Making fifth appearance at Birmingham; looking to advance past 1r for the first time Playing first event of grass court swing, and first overall since retiring vs. Muguruza w/left hip injury in R16 at Roland Garros A win today vs. Watson would mark her 15th win at main draw play in Entering 2017 Birmingham, posted 15 wins for the season Posted a 5-4 record on grass in 2017, including SF run at s-hertogenbsoch (l. eventual champion Kontaveit) and 3r run at Wimbledon (l. Rybarikova) Currently the Ukrainian No.2 behind Svitolina of four women in Top 100 also Kozlova and K.Bondarenko Season Did not win a match on clay entering Roland Garros, losing 1r at Madrid (l. eventual champion Kvitova) and Rome (l. Martic) At Roland Garros, posted third and fourth Top 20 wins of season en route to fourth round d. No.15 Vandeweghe in 2r and No.19 Rybarikova in 3r Posted 1-1 record (d. Andreescu, l. Bouchard) during 3-2 defeat by Canada in World Group II play-offs in Montréal in Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

9 April Reached 2r at Monterrey (w/o to Collins w/toe injury) Suffered back-to-back 1r exits at Indian Wells (l. Arruabarrena) and Miami (l. Tomljanovic) Successfully defended her title at Acapulco (d. Voegele in F), improving her record in finals to a perfect 4-0; d. No.14 Mladenovic en route Made back-to-back 1r exits at Doha (l. Buzarnescu) and Dubai (as qualifier, l. Errani) Reached 2r at Australian Open (d. Vikhlyantseva, l. A.Radwanska in 3s) Opened season with 2r run at Brisbane (d. 17 Barty in 1r, l. Kanepi) before reaching SF stage at Hobart (l. Buzarnescu) Grand Slam History 2018 Roland Garros marked 27th Grand Slam main draw appearance. Equaled best Grand Slam result to date by advancing to R16 (ret. vs Muguruza), having also reached this stage at 2016 US Open (l. Vinci) During Flushing Meadows run, was joined in 3r by compatriots Svitolina and K.Bondarenko first time three Ukrainians made 3r at the same Grand Slam however she was the only one to advance to R16 Has been to 3r but no further at Australian Open (2013) and Wimbledon (2017) Career Second Top 50 season in 2017, at No.42; also fifth straight Top 100 year-end finish 2017 season highlighted by third career singles title at Acapulco (d. Mladenovic in F). Also reached semifinals at Hobart and s-hertogenbosch and quarterfinals at Stanford and Moscow. Has won a title in four consecutive seasons after 2015 Istanbul (d. U.Radwanska in F), 2016 Guangzhou (d. Jankovic in F), 2017 Acapulco and 2018 Monterrey Posted all five career wins over Top 10 opponents during 2015: No.7 Bouchard and No.10 Petkovic (Indian Wells), No.9 Muguruza (Toronto), No.8 Ka.Pliskova (New Haven) and No.6 Safarova (US Open) Achieved career-high singles ranking of No.29 on July 17, 2017 Played first professional events of career on ITF Circuit in season highlighted by winning second WTA singles title at Guangzhou (d. Jankovic in F); first title came at 2015 Istanbul (d. U.Radwanska in F) Suffered 11 1r losses in 2016, including three of the majors Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon During the summer of 2016, a left thigh injury forced her withdrawal from Stanford, Montréal, Florianopolis and Rio Olympics Enjoyed breakthrough season in 2015, finishing year at a career-high ranking of No.33, having started at No.88. Finished season with 2015 with SF run at Moscow (l. eventual champion Kuznetsova); marked third Premier-level SF appearance of career (after 2013 Brisbane and 2015 New Haven) Member of Ukrainian Fed Cup Team, and Winner of six singles and eight doubles titles on ITF Circuit Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2007; made WTA main draw debut at 2009 Tashkent

10 Other Information Only played tennis occasionally and for fun between ages 14-17; moved to Kiev at 17 and began playing more seriously Studied at Physical Education & Sports Institute for one and a half years (no longer studying; hopes to return one day) Coached here by Adriano Albanesi WATSON: Birmingham Making ninth appearance at Birmingham Best results to date have been three R16 efforts, in 2011 (l. Peng), 2012 (l. Vinci) and 2016 (l. Strycova) Faces Tsurenko today. A win would mark her 100th career victory at main draw, tour level Playing third event of grass court swing l. Konta in 2r at Nottingham last week, having fallen in 1r at $100k ITF/Surbiton-GBR the week prior (l. Taylor) Currently the British No.2 behind Konta As wildcards, competing in doubles with compatriot Boulter this week Season Reached 2r at Roland Garros (l. No.16 seed Mertens) European clay season also brought a 1r exit at Prague (l. Schmiedlova) and 2r exit at Nurnberg (l. Stollar) First round defeat of K.Bondarenko at Nurnberg ended eight-match losing streak at tour events going back to SF run at Hobart in January (l. Mertens) Made 1r exits at Charleston (l. Townsend), Miami (l. Haddad Maia), Indian Wells (l. Azarenka), Acapulco (l. Haddad Maia), St Petersburg qualifying (l. Vinci), Australian Open (l. Putintseva) Won fourth career doubles title at Acapulco (w/maria d. Christian/Santamaria in F) In February, won all three singles rubbers to help Great Britain advance from Europe/Africa Zone Group I and set up a World Group II play-off against Japan in April Began season with 1r exit at Brisbane (as qualifier, l. Kontaveit) Career Six Top 100 finishes in past seven years, including one Top 50 season in Best year-end finish came in 2012 (No.49) Highlights of 2017 were SF run at Eastbourne (l. Wozniacki) and QF showings at Monterrey (l. Kerber) and Luxembourg (l. Mertens). Finished R-Up in Wimbledon mixed doubles (w/kontinen, as defending champions) 2017 Eastbourne marked the first time in tournament s history that two British women reached SF stage (also Konta); also marked first time in nearly 32 years at a WTA event Jo Durie and Anabel Croft both fell in SF at 1985 Brighton

11 Won third WTA singles title of career at 2016 Monterrey (d. Flipkens in F), adding to wins at 2012 Osaka and 2015 Hobart (3-0 record in finals) Hit career-high singles ranking of No.38 on January 19, 2015 after title run at Hobart Lifetime record against Top 10 players stands at 2-17, with wins coming against No.8 A.Radwanska (2015 Indian Wells) and No.9 Cibulkova (2017 Eastbourne) In doubles owns four titles, most recently at 2018 Acapulco (w/maria) Represented Great Britain at 2016 Rio Olympics, reaching 2r in singles (l. Svitolina), 2r in doubles (w/konta, l. H.Chan/Y.Chan) and QF in mixed doubles (w/a.murray, l. Bopanna/Mirza) Struggled throughout 2014 season with a right rib injury and missed two months in 2013 due to glandular fever (Miami to Roland Garros) Enjoyed a breakthrough 2012 season, winning Osaka to become first British woman to win a WTA singles title since Sara Gomer in Finished year as British No.1 With 2012 Osaka singles title, became first British woman to win a WTA singles title since Sara Gomer in 1988 Broke into Top 100 on June 6, 2011 and made Top 50 debut on October 15, 2012 On ITF Circuit, winner of five singles and two doubles titles Made WTA main draw debut as a wildcard at 2010 Miami and recorded first main draw match win at 2010 Eastbourne Played first professional event on ITF Circuit at 2009 ITF/Jersey-GBR Member of Great Britain Fed Cup Team, and Great Britain Olympic Team, 2012, 2016 Grand Slam History 2018 Roland Garros marked 28th main draw appearance at a Grand Slam Best showings are 3r runs at Wimbledon in 2012, 2015 and 2017, and Australian Open in 2013 Reached 2r at Roland Garros on five occasions. Has never been beyond 1r at US Open in seven attempts Won mixed doubles title at All England Club in 2016 (w/kontinen, d. Farah/Groenefeld in F) and finished R-Up in 2017 (w/kontinen, l. Hingis/Murray) Won US Open junior singles title in 2009 Other Information Coached by Morgan Phillips Born on Channel Island of Guernsey. Mother is Michelle and father is Ian; siblings are Adam, Stephanie and Julie Started playing at age 7; moved to Bollettieri Academy in Florida at age 12 (still trains there)

12 MATCH NOTES BIRMINGHAM - GREAT BRITAIN Jun 18 - Jun 24, 2018 $936,128 PREMIER JOHANNA KONTA (GBR #22) vs. [4] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #8) Head to Head: PETRA KVITOVA leads WUHAN HARD O QF PETRA KVITOVA mins 2016 EASTBOURNE GRASS O R16 JOHANNA KONTA mins 2015 US OPEN HARD O R16 PETRA KVITOVA mins JOHANNA KONTA (27) $476,185 $6,613,508 0 / 3 0 / / / / / WTA RANKING PORSCHE RACE TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) BIRMINGHAM W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * PETRA KVITOVA (28) $2,534,554 $26,575,372 4 / 24 0 / / / / / / 10-9 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 2-2 / / 5-7 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-1 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 7-1 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 12-2 / * Updated through entering 2018 Birmingham 1r Result Duration BIRMINGHAM Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match JOHANNA KONTA 2017 R16 L - COCO VANDEWEGHE (USA #30) R16 L - YANINA WICKMAYER (BEL #49) R2 L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #12) PETRA KVITOVA 2017 F W - ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #77) R16 L - JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #38) R1 L - SUNITHA RAO (IND #160) 7-6(8) R2 L - ALEKSANDRA WOZNIAK (CAN #135) R2 L - KRISTINA MLADENOVIC (FRA #39) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

13 KONTA: Birmingham Making sixth main draw appearance at Birmingham. Has reached R16 in the last two years, reaching this stage in 2016 (l. Wickmayer) and 2017 (l. Vandeweghe) Faces No.8 Kvitova today in their fourth career meeting. Despite trailing 1-2 in their career head-to-head, triumphed in their sole meeting on grass at 2016 Eastbourne Owns 10-9 career record vs. left-handed players (0-2 in 2018), with most recent win coming over then-no.1 Kerber at 2017 Eastbourne Bidding for first Top 10 win of season in her fifth attempt. Last win over such players came against No.2 Halep at 2017 Wimbledon (14-13 career record) Entering Birmingham, holds second-best break points saved percentage on tour (64.4% from 27 matches). Only Goerges holds a better percentage (65.1% from 31 matches) In 2017, posted the best win-loss record on grass across tour-level events (13-3), including a runner-up finish at Nottingham (l. Vekic), and SF runs at Eastbourne (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Wimbledon (l. V.Williams) Contesting Birmingham ranked No.22 (as of June 18, 2018). Fell out of Top 20 following Miami for the first time since 2016 Roland Garros (ranked No.21) One of three British players to start in main draw here in Birmingham, including wildcards Boulter and Watson. Bidding to become first Brit to lift the title at Birmingham Season Opening up grass court swing with runner-up finish at Nottingham (l. Barty in 3s), having also reached the final in 2017 (l. Vekic) Fell 1r at Roland Garros (l. Putintseva) Reached R16 at Rome (l. Ostapenko in 3s) after 1r exit at Madrid (l. Pera) Reached QF in doubles at Madrid (d. No.4 seeds Xu/Dabrowski in R16 before falling to Klepac/Martinez Sanchez) Fell in 2r at Charleston (after 1r bye, l. Stollar) Enjoyed a good run of form as the defending champion in Miami, reaching the R16 (l. V.Williams in 3s). Hit 50 winners across opening two matches, against Belgium s Flipkens and Mertens, to reach R16 Made 2r exit at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. Vondrousova) Finished the Middle East swing with 3-2 record, reaching R16 in Doha (l. Kerber) before a 2r exit in Dubai (l. Kasatkina) Won all three singles rubbers to help Great Britain advance from Europe/Africa Zone Group I and set up a World Group II play-off against Japan in April

14 Made 2r exit at Australian Open, falling to No.123-ranked lucky loser Pera worst loss by ranking since falling to No.164 Torró-Flor at 2015 $50k ITF/Saint-Gaudens-FRA Made 2r exit at Sydney (as defending champion, l. A.Radwanska) Opened 2017 season by reaching QF at Brisbane (l. eventual champion Svitolina). Was two points from victory in second set against Svitolina before retiring with a right hip injury midway through third set Win over Keys at Brisbane broke five-match losing streak carried over from 2017 Career Enjoyed best season of career in 2017, finishing the year at career-high No.9. Peaked in rankings at No.4 on July 17, 2017 Began season in great form and lifted title at Sydney (d. A.Radwanska in F), before landing biggest title of career at Premier-Mandatory Miami (d. Wozniacki in F) At 2017 Wimbledon became first British player since Virginia Wade in 1978 to reach Wimbledon SF (l. R-Up V.Williams). Had previously won one match from other five visits to All England Club, in 2016 (d. Puig, l. Bouchard in 2r) Reached third final of 2017 season at Nottingham (l. Vekic). Overall record in finals now stands at 3-2 in addition, won first WTA title at 2016 Stanford (d. V.Williams in F) and finished R-Up at 2016 Beijing (l. A.Radwanska) Reached SF for second year in a row at home event of Eastbourne conceded walkover to eventual champion Ka.Pliskova, having sustained a thoracic spine injury during her QF defeat of World No.1 Kerber (fell heavily on match point, but won match after treatment). Match against Kerber was second of day, after she defeated Roland Garros champion Ostapenko in R16 With win over Kerber, became first British woman to defeat a reigning World No.1 since Barker d. Chris Evert at 1979 Boston Was in contention for WTA Finals qualification, however withdrawal from Moscow opened spot for Garcia Overall record vs. Top 5 stands at 5-7; wins coming over No.2 Halep at 2015 Wuhan, No.3 A.Radwanska at 2017 Sydney, No.5 Halep at 2017 Miami, No.1 Kerber at 2017 Eastbourne and No.2 Halep at Wimbledon Posted first Top 10 season in 2016, at No.10 Ended 2016 season at WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai in November (went 2 0 in round robin play), fell in SF (l. Svitolina) Alternate for WTA Finals in Singapore, narrowly missing qualification in the Top 8; was not called upon to play a match By virtue of reaching 2016 Beijing final, made WTA Top 10 debut first British woman to feature in the elite group since Durie in 1984, and the fourth British woman overall to do so (also Wade and Barker). Became 119th woman to break into the Top 10, and the fourth to do so in 2016 after Vinci, Bencic and Keys

15 Advanced to career first singles title at 2016 Stanford in maiden final (d. V.Williams in F). First British woman to reach final of a Premier event since WTA Roadmap was introduced in 2009, and first British woman to win the tournament since Barker in 1977 (when it was held in San Francisco) Broke into Top 20 on June 6, 2016 (at No.18) first British woman in Top 20 for nearly 30 years (the week of October 13, 1986, with Durie at No.20) Was voted WTA Most Improved Player in 2016 by international media and fans Played first events of career on ITF Circuit in 2006, making WTA main draw debut at 2011 Copenhagen (as qualifier, l. 1r) Grand Slam History Made breakthrough with historic run to SF at 2016 Australian Open (l. eventual champion Kerber); first British woman to reach the last four at Melbourne Park since Sue Barker in December 1977, and at any Grand Slam since Jo Durie at 1983 US Open Has since reached SF at 2017 Wimbledon (l. R-Up V.Williams), becoming the first British woman to reach the last four since Virginia Wade in 1978 (l. Evert) Also made QF at Australian Open in 2017 (l. eventual champion S.Williams), while at US Open has twice reached R16, in 2015 (l. Kvitova) and 2016 (l. Sevastova) At Roland Garros has never been beyond 1r, falling at the first hurdle in Other Information Was introduced to the sport at age eight by parents; started to play at an after school care program Born in Sydney, Australia; became a British citizen in May Parents are Gabor (hotelier) and Gabriella (dentist); older sister is Eva (works in fashion) Grandfather Tamas Kertesz played football for the Hungarian Golden Team with Ferenc Puskas in 1955 Currently coached by Michael Joyce, having parted ways with 2017 coach Wim Fissette at end of season KVITOVA: Birmingham Making fourth main draw appearance at Birmingham. Returns as the defending champion, having lifted the trophy in what was her second tournament of 2017 since returning from injury Faces No.22 Konta today in their fourth career meeting, most recently defeating the Brit en route to 2016 Wuhan title Holds a 15-3 record vs. Top 30 ranked opponents in Only losses came against No.5 Ostapenko (Miami), No.12 Kerber (Stuttgart) and No.24 Kontaveit (Roland Garros)

16 Enjoyed a 6-1 record on grass in 2017, including a title run here at Birmingham (d. Barty in F) and 2r showing at Wimbledon (l. Brengle) Entering 2018 Birmingham, holds the second-most wins on tour (32) this season, behind only Halep (35) Currently sitting at No.3 on the Porsche Race to Singapore Leaderboard, behind No.1 Halep and No.2 Wozniacki Season Coming off 3r showing at Roland Garros (l. Kontaveit 7-6(4), 7-6(4)) Captured back-to-back titles at Prague (d. Buzarnescu in F) and Madrid (d. Bertens in F) Enjoyed a 13-match winning streak between Madrid (6), Prague (5) and Roland Garros (2), marking her second-best win streak of her career: NO. OF WINS DATE TOURNAMENTS Linz (5), WTA Finals (5), Fed Cup (2), Sydney (2) St. Petersburg (5), Fed Cup (2), Doha (6), Indian Wells (1) Prague (5), Madrid (6), Roland Garros (2) Fed Cup (2), Madrid (6), Roland Garros (3) Eastbourne (2), Wimbledon (7), Montréal (1) Brisbane (5), Australian Open (4) Holds the most titles on tour in 2018 (4), having also lifted the trophy this season at St. Petersburg (d. Mladenovic in F) and Doha (d. Muguruza in F) Madrid marks 24th career title. Is fifth among active players for titles won: PLAYER TOUR-LEVEL TITLES 1) Serena Williams 72 2) Venus Williams 49 3) Maria Sharapova 36 4) Caroline Wozniacki 28 5) Petra Kvitova 24 =6) Victoria Azarenka 20 =6) Agnieszka Radwanska 20 Is first player to win the Madrid title three times. Defeat of No.6 Ka.Pliskova in Madrid SF was seventh Top 10 win in 2018 (7-1 record), having also defeated No.6 Ostapenko and No.10 Mladenovic (both at St. Petersburg), No.3 Svitolina, No.10 Goerges, No.1 Wozniacki and No.3 Muguruza (all at Doha) Withdrew from Rome after Madrid w/right thigh injury Fell to Kerber in 1r at Stuttgart after going 2-0 in singles play against Germany (d. No.11 Goerges and No.12 Kerber) to lead the Czech Republic into the Fed Cup Final against the USA Fell in 2r of Charleston (after 1r bye, l. Kr.Pliskova) following R16 run at Miami (as No.9 seed, l. eventual R-Up Ostapenko) and 3r at Indian Wells (l. Anisimova) Lifted the title at Doha (d. Muguruza in F). Holds seventh best record among active players for hard court titles won with 17

17 Defeated No.1 Wozniacki in SF at Doha - record vs. reigning No.1s now stands at 5-4. Other wins came over Safina (2009 US Open), Wozniacki (2011 WTA Finals), S.Williams (2015 Madrid ending the American s 27-match winning streak) and Kerber (2016 Wuhan) Won back-to-back titles at St. Petersburg and Doha for the first time since winning Linz and WTA Finals in 2011 Returned to Top 10 after Doha at No.9 (last appeared in Top 10 week of June 27, 2016) Steered Czech Republic to Fed Cup semifinals for 10th year in a row, posting wins against Switzerland s Bencic and Golubic in Prague Won title at St. Petersburg (d. Mladenovic in F); with record, leads active players for indoor hard court wins Has won at least one title every year since 2011 Made 1r exit at Australian Open (l. Petkovic in 2hrs 52mins) Opened 2018 season with 2r showing at Sydney (l. Giorgi) after withdrawing from Brisbane w/viral illness Career Finished 2017 ranked No.29, down from No.11 in 2016 Began 2017 season in May at Roland Garros (2r, l. Mattek-Sands) after a knife attack in her home in Czech Republic on December 20, 2016; required extensive surgery to left hand Won title at 2017 Birmingham (d. Barty in F). Other season highlights included a SF showing at Beijing (l. eventual champion Garcia) and equaled best result at US Open by advancing to QF (l. V. Williams) Ended 2016 ranked No.11, ending run of five straight Top 10 finishes Won two singles titles in 2016, at Wuhan (d. Cibulkova in F) and the WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai (d. Svitolina in F). Also finished R-Up at 2016 Luxembourg (l. Niculescu in F) Member of Czech Republic team that successfully defended Fed Cup title in November 2016 vs. France (l. Garcia, d. Mladenovic, then teamed w/strycova to defeat Garcia/Mladenovic in decisive doubles match). Czech Republic have won the Cup in five times since 2011 Contested Rio Olympics in August 2016, winning the singles bronze medal (l. Puig in SF, d. Keys in bronze medal play-off) 2015 season highlights included three singles titles, at Sydney (d. Ka.Pliskova in F), Madrid (d. Kuznetsova in F) and New Haven (d. Safarova in F). New Haven win was third in past four years, and marked first time she has won any tournament title three times Runner-up at 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore (l. A.Radwanska in 3s). Former champion at the season finale, which she won on her event debut in 2011 (d. Azarenka in F) At 2012 Sydney was two wins from becoming No.1 (had won Wimbledon and WTA Finals in previous six months) Made professional debut on ITF Circuit in Czech Republic in 2006 Grand Slam History

18 2018 Roland Garros marked 39th Grand Slam main draw appearance Winner of two Grand Slam singles titles, at Wimbledon in 2011 (d. Sharapova in F) and 2014 (d. Bouchard in F) Was first player born in 1990s to win a Grand Slam title (since joined by Muguruza at 2016 Roland Garros, Ostapenko at 2017 Roland Garros, Stephens at 2017 US Open and Wozniacki at 2018 Australian Open) Aside from Wimbledon, best Grand Slam results include two SF showings, at 2012 Australian Open (l. Sharapova) and 2012 Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Sharapova), and QF runs at 2017 US Open (l. V.Williams), 2015 US Open (l. eventual champion Pennetta) and 2011 Australian Open (l. Zvonareva) Other Information A global ambassador for Right To Play International, a charity which helps children to learn through sport Current coach is Jiri Vanek, having split with former ATP player and fellow Czech, Frantisek Cermak, after 2016 US Open. Previously coached by David Kotyza for seven years, with the partnership ending in January 2016 Fitness trainer is David Vydra

19 MATCH NOTES BIRMINGHAM - GREAT BRITAIN Jun 18 - Jun 24, 2018 $936,128 PREMIER [1] GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #3) vs. ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (RUS #28) Head to Head: GARBIÑE MUGURUZA leads STUTTGART CLAY I R16 ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA mins 2016 CINCINNATI HARD O R16 GARBIÑE MUGURUZA mins 2014 TOKYO HARD O R1 GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (3) 111 mins 2013 MIAMI HARD O R2 GARBIÑE MUGURUZA mins GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (24) $1,520,069 $17,036,691 1 / 6 0 / / / / / WTA RANKING PORSCHE RACE TO SINGAPORE LEADERBOARD DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) YTD PRIZE MONEY CAREER PRIZE MONEY SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) BIRMINGHAM W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * YTD / CAREER GRASS W-L (MD) * ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA (26) $418,640 $8,397,148 1 / 12 0 / / / / / / YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 0-2 / / 9-16 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-1 / / YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 3-3 / * Updated through entering 2018 Birmingham 1r Result Duration BIRMINGHAM Tournament History "-Q" Qualifying match GARBIÑE MUGURUZA 2017 SF L - ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #77) R1 L - MAGDALENA RYBARIKOVA (SVK #59) R1 L - CASEY DELLACQUA (AUS #107) ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKOVA 2016 R1 L - JELENA OSTAPENKO (LAT #38) 7-6(2) R16 L - SANIA MIRZA (IND #98) 7-6(3) R1-Q L - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #162) 7-6(2) Follow WTA on Twitter: Facebook: YouTube: Insights from

20 MUGURUZA: Birmingham Making fourth main draw appearance at Birmingham. Reached SF here in 2017 (l. eventual R-Up Barty) Birmingham marks first grass court event of the season. In 2017, posted second most wins on grass across the tour (10-2), behind only Konta (13-3) Faces No.28 Pavlyuchenkova today in their first meeting on grass. Overall holds a 3-1 record over the Russian Looking to improve on 3-7 record vs. Top 30 players this season, with wins over No.7 Garcia (Doha), No.7 Garcia (Dubai) and No.30 Sharapova (Roland Garros) A win today would mark 25th career win on grass at tour-level Entering 2018 Birmingham, has won 75.1% of her service games this season the eighth best record on tour Competing in doubles this week in Birmingham (w/kasatkina). The pair defeated No.2 seeds Sestini Hlavackova/Strycova in 1r on Monday Has not played doubles since 2017 Birmingham (w/cibulkova, l. Barty/Dellacqua in QF) Season Coming off SF run at Roland Garros (l. eventual champion and No.1 Halep) Was one win away from returning to WTA World No.1 in Paris, but needed to reach final Record against No.1-ranked players stands at 4-3: d. S.Williams (2014 Roland Garros, 2016 Roland Garros), d. Kerber (2017 Wimbledon), d. Ka.Pliskova (2017 Cincinnati); l. S.Williams (2015 Australian Open, 2015 Wimbledon) Arrived in Paris after opening match defeat at Rome (after 1r bye, l. Gavrilova in 3s held 2mp) Advanced to 3r at Madrid (l. Kasatkina) after suffering opening match loss at Stuttgart (ret. vs. Pavlyuchenkova w/lower back injury) Went 2-0 in singles (d. González and Cepede Royg) during Spain s 3-1 Fed Cup World Group II play-off win over Paraguay Won sixth career singles title at Monterrey (d. Babos in F). Now owns 6-4 career record in singles finals Reached R16 at Miami (l. eventual champion Stephens in straight sets) after falling to No.100 Vickery in Indian Wells 2r (after a 1r bye) Made SF in Dubai (l. eventual R-Up Kasatkina, having held three match points) Reached ninth career singles final in Doha (l. Kvitova in 3s) Made 2r exit at Australian Open as No.3 seed, l. No.88-ranked Hsieh. Was in contention to reclaim No.1 ranking in Melbourne, but needed to reach final and see other results go her way Opened 2018 season with 2r exit at Brisbane (after 1r bye, l. No.53 Krunic led before retiring w/cramp midway through third set)

21 Withdrew before QF match against Gavrilova at Sydney (w/right thigh injury) Career Ended 2017 on a ranking of No.2 for career-best year-end finish. Ascended to become the World No.1 on September 11, Became the 24th woman in history of the WTA to hold the top spot and second from Spain (after Sánchez Vicario in 1995) Named ITF World Champion for 2017 Won two titles in 2017, lifting her second Grand Slam title at Wimbledon (d. V.Williams in F), as well as winning Premier 5-level Cincinnati (d. Halep in F) Dropped just one set en route to title at All England Club, during 2h20 R16 encounter against No.1 Kerber. Registered 300th match win (at all levels) with final victory over V.Williams At Cincinnati, defeated World No.1 Ka.Pliskova and World No.2 Halep en route to title Qualified for WTA Finals for third year in a row in 2017, however failed to progress from group stage 2016 season highlight was winning maiden Grand Slam title at Roland Garros. Rose to then career high ranking of No.2 as a result. Was first Spanish woman to be ranked in Top 2 since Sánchez Vicario in December 1996 (as No.2) Enjoyed breakout season in 2015, ending the year ranked No.3 and reaching first major final at Wimbledon Made Top 10 rankings debut after 2015 Wimbledon; one of six players to enter the elite bracket in 2015 also Makarova, Suárez Navarro, Safarova, Ka.Pliskova and Bacsinszky In 2015, became first Spanish player to compete at the WTA Finals in singles since 2001 (Sánchez Vicario) and reached doubles final (w/suárez Navarro, l. Hingis/Mirza) Owns 6 4 career record in singles finals: 2018 Monterrey, 2017 Wimbledon, 2017 Cincinnati, 2016 Roland Garros, 2015 Beijing and 2014 Hobart Made WTA main draw debut at Miami in 2012, defeating No.9 Zvonareva for first Top 10 win of career Grand Slam History 2018 Roland Garros marked 22nd main draw appearance at a Grand Slam. Owns win-loss record across all majors (includes 2018 Roland Garros results) Is a two-time Grand Slam champion, winning titles at 2016 Roland Garros (d. S.Williams in F, and dropping just one set en route to lifting the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen) and 2017 Wimbledon (d. V.Williams in F) Is one of 27 women in the Open Era to win multiple Grand Slam titles. Owns a 2-1 record in Grand Slam final matches to date (also finishing R-Up at 2015 Wimbledon l. S.Williams)

22 Is the second player to face both Williams sisters in the final of the same major (also Hingis, at US Open in 1997 d. V.Williams, and 1999 l. S.Williams). By winning 2017 Wimbledon, became only player to defeat both sisters in Grand Slam final, at Roland Garros (d. S.Williams in 2016) and Wimbledon (d. V.Williams in 2017) The 45th woman in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam title and one of nine women (also Bouchard, Halep, Keys, Kvitova, Ostapenko, Ka.Pliskova, Stephens and Wozniacki) born in the 1990s to make a Grand Slam final At 2015 Wimbledon, became first Spaniard to reach Wimbledon final since Sánchez Vicario (1996) and first Spanish woman to reach any Grand Slam singles final since Conchita Martínez at 2000 Roland Garros (l. Pierce) Reached SF stage at 2018 Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Halep) At Australian Open, best result is QF in 2017 (l. Vandeweghe) and at US Open reached R16 in 2017 (l. Kvitova) Other Information Coached by Sam Sumyk Began playing tennis at age three; first memory of the sport was playing with her brothers Mother, Scarlet is from Venezuela and father, José Antonio, is from Spain PAVLYUCHENKOVA: Birmingham Making third main draw appearance at Birmingham (fourth overall). Best result here is R16 showing in 2009 (after 1r bye, d. Baltacha in 2r before falling to Mirza) Faces No.3 Muguruza today in their fifth career meeting. Defeated the Spaniard in their most recent encounter at 2018 Stuttgart (7-5, ret.) Holds 3-3 record vs. Top 20 players this season (53-96 career record), with wins over No.13 Keys and No.3 Muguruza (both at Stuttgart) and No.17 Barty (via ret., en route to Strasbourg title) Entering 2018 Birmingham, holds a 62% break points saved percentage the sixth best on tour in 2018 One of three Russians in contention here in Birmingham also Kasatkina and Makarova. A Russian has lifted the trophy here on three occasions Sharapova ( ) and Zvonareva (2006) Season Coming off 2r showing at Roland Garros (d. Hercog, l. Stosur) Won 12th WTA singles title at Strasbourg (d. Cibulkova in F), bringing her record in finals to 12-6 Strasbourg final marked second-longest WTA match of 2018 (3hrs, 36min). Longest WTA match of the season came at Australian Open (Halep d. Davis in 3hrs, 44min) Fell 1r back-to-back at Madrid (l. Stosur) and Rome (l. Keys) after QF run at Stuttgart (l. Kontaveit)

23 Scored two of her three Top 20 wins of 2018 at Stuttgart (d. No.13 Keys and No.3 Muguruza). Also defeated No.17 Barty en route to Strasbourg title Reached 3r at Miami (l. Kerber) and made 2r exit at Indian Wells (after 1r bye, l. Anisimova) Fell 1r at Dubai (l. Konta), Doha (l. Cibulkova) and on home soil at St. Petersburg (l. Makarova) Started off 2018 campaign at Hopman Cup exhibition in Perth, going 0-3 in singles play (l. Vandeweghe, Bencic and Osaka) and 2-1 in doubles action (w/khachanov) Scored 1r win at Australian Open over Kozlova, before exiting in 2r (l. Bondarenko) Career 2017 marked her 10th consecutive Top 50 finish, including second Top 20 finish at No.15 (also finished No.16 in 2011) Owns 12 WTA singles titles, including a career-best three titles in a single season in 2017 at Monterrey, Rabat and Hong Kong Notched first win over a reigning World No.1 en route to fourth Monterrey title in 2017 (d. then-no.1 Kerber) Is a winner of five doubles titles from seven finals, most recently at 2017 Sydney (w/babos) In addition to reaching last eight at 2016 Wimbledon, reached a further six quarterfinals in 2016: Brisbane (l. Kerber), St Petersburg (l. Bencic), Acapulco (l. Wickmayer), Montréal (l. Keys), Linz (l. Cibulkova) and Moscow (l. Gavrilova) Represented Russia at Rio Olympics, losing to eventual gold medalist Puig in 2r Broke into Top 100 in singles on July 7, 2009 and entered Top 50 on November 3, 2008 Made Top 20 debut on September 13, 2010 and rose as high as No.13 (July 4, 2011) Played first WTA main draw as a wildcard at 2006 Moscow Named 2006 ITF Junior World Champion Grand Slam History 2018 Roland Garros marked 42nd career main draw appearance at a major Completed set of career Grand Slam QFs by reaching this stage at 2017 Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up V.Williams) Had previously reached last eight at 2011 Roland Garros (l. eventual champion Schiavone), 2011 US Open (l. eventual champion S.Williams) and 2016 Wimbledon (l. eventual champion S.Williams) Also made doubles QF at all majors: 2013 Australian Open and Roland Garros, 2014 Wimbledon and 2015 US Open One of just six active players to achieve feat of reaching QF or better at all four majors in both singles and doubles (also Williams sisters, Kuznetsova, Schiavone and Zvonareva) and is the only player to do so since 2011 Made Grand Slam debut as 15-year-old wildcard at 2007 Wimbledon (lost to Hantuchova ) As well as twice winning the girls singles at the Australian Open (2006, 2007), won 2006 US Open junior title) and was runner-up at 2006 Roland Garros and won four Grand Slam girls' doubles titles Other Information Coached by Simon Goffin. Previously coached by father, Sergey and brother, Aleks